Hezbollah calls for ceasefire to extract its fighters from Syria, rebels report

Free Syrian Army accuses the Lebanese militant group of attempting to drag Syrian Shiites into perpetrating massacres

Syrian rebels reported on Friday that the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah requested a ceasefire for several hours, so that it can extract the bodies of its fighters from an area near Homs.

A rebel spokesman warned Hezbollah, which supports the Bashar Assad regime, against any further participation in the 19-month-long civil war in Syria. In an interview with Saudi-owned daily A-Sharq Al-Awsat, the spokesman said that the rebels would take the battle to Beirut, if Hezbollah didn’t heed the warning.

Also on Friday, the rebel Free Syrian Army accused Hezbollah, a Shiite organization, of attempting to drag Syrian Shiites into perpetrating the massacres that are taking place in the country.